NOW BOOKING - "Walking Between the Worlds" RELIGION & GENDER (ONLINE) FEB15 -MAR29
with Prof. Ursula King (Bristol); Prof: Susan Starr Sered (Harvard); Dr. Daphne Hampson (St Andrews, Scotland); Carol Christ PhD (Inst. of Ariadne, Greece/ USA); Ruth Mantin (Chichester); Shan Jayran (Ovular/ Chichester)
6 weeks Feb 15 - March 29 includes weekly LIVE online debates, 24 hour Discussion Boards, private peer tutorial groups, research materials. £35 / approx $55
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Ovular is currently serving "Religion & Gender" so listings are primarily in that area, but gender studies and selected other events are also listed if closely relevant.
NEW LISTINGS TO Shan JayranIt is best to post at an absolute minimum of ONE MONTH in advance to enable people to plan to come. Organisers may like to check scheduling clashes when selecting dates. |
24 Fri SEMINAR, LONDON , 1.00 - 2.30pm
'Reading Religions through the Lenses of Gender: Searching & Re-Positioning Bodies of Knowledge', Prof. Ursula King, Bristol. SOAS Gender & Religions Research Centre, Seminar Series. AT Rm 336. EMAIL Sian Hawthorne. +44 (0)20-7898 4760; Fax: +44(0)20-7898-4789
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25 Sat CONFERENCE, LONDON 10.30 -5.00
A One Day Post-Graduate Conference. AT Heythrop College, Kensington Squ. London W8. EMAIL Dr. Laurence Paul Hemming.
27 Mon SEMINAR, LANCASTER, 5.15 - 7pm
'Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea - a theological encounter with feminist philosophers of religion', Dr Tina Beattie, Bristol. AT: Delt of Religious Studies, University of Lancaster. |
27 Mon SEMINAR, LANCASTER, 4.15 - 6pm
'Panic penises: aids, condoms and the death of the phallus', Nicole Vitellone, Dept of Sociology, Lancaster. AT: Cartmel Senior Common Room,
Institute of Women's Studies Seminars, University of Lancaster.
29 Weds TALK, LONDON 5.30pm 'The Myth of Original Sin' Richard Holloway, ret'd Bishop of Edinburgh. Gresham College Public Lecture. AT St Andrews Church, Holborn. 020 7831 0575
30 Thurs LECTURE, LONDON 5pm
'Desire and Death: AIDS, Gender and Gift Exchange in the Christian Moral Discourse in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania' Paivi Hasu, U. of Helsinki. AT Menzies Rm, Inst. of Commonwealth Studies, 28 Russell Squ. London WCC1. EMAIL Dr. Deborah Gaitskell. Tel: 020 8444 9024 |
1 Fri SEMINAR, LONDON , 1.00 - 2.30pm
'Dowry & the Damaged Body', Dr. Werner Menski, SOAS. SOAS Gender & Religions Research Centre, Seminar Series. AT Rm 336. EMAIL Sian Hawthorne. |
1 Fri TALK, LONDON 5.30pm 'The Myth of the Incarnation' Richard Holloway, ret'd Bishop of Edinburgh. Gresham College Public Lecture. AT St Andrews Church, Holborn. 020 7831 0575
1 FRI SYMPOSIUM, LONDON 8pm
'Anarchy & Feminism' London Anarchist Forum. Intro by Jo Chaplin. FREE (voluntary contribution).
AT Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, Holborn.
4 Mon TALK, BRISTOL 12.45pm
'University structures: How the Bits Fit Together' Derek Pretty. (Women's Research Group lunch-time talk) AT Terrace Rm, Senate Hse. University of Bristol.
4 Mon - 15 Fri GLOBAL NETWORK ELECTRONIC CONFERENCE
'Women's Organizations and the Building of Civil Society in the 21st Century' www.philanthropy.org online from City U., NY, USA Program see esp. 1. Civil Rights & Civil Society -B. From Religion to the State, offering 3 international papers. Conference homepage |
5 Tues TALK, LONDON 7pm. 'Human Cloning: What is it? Should we do it?' Public Debate led by Mary Seller, Prof. of Developmental Genetics, Guy's, King's & St Thomas Schools of Medicine, in dialogue with Lavinia Byrne Writer, Broadcaster & religious Commentator. Free, collection to cover costs. AT St. James, 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL +44 (0)20 7287 6711; fax: +44 (0)20 7734 7449. EMAIL
6 Tues SEMINAR, LEEDS 4:30 - 6:00 pm. 'The Bodies That Should Not Touch (In Public): Challenging Heteronormative Citizenship and the Politics of Passing' Carol Johnson, University of Adelaide. AT: Centre Seminar Room (11.20) on Level 11 of the Economic and Social Studies Building. Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT. Tel: 0113 233 3770 / fax: 0113 233 4415 EMAIL. (Also see website for Work in Progress Workshops)
6 Tues SEMINAR, LANCASTER, 4.15 - 6pm
'Strange Dinner Companions: Ghosts, Da Vinci's 'Last Supper' and Yolande Snaith's Theatredance 'Blind Faith'', Vicki Thoms, Institute of Women's Studies, Lancaster. AT: Room A40 Cartmel College, Institute of Women's Studies Seminars, University of Lancaster.
7 Weds ONE DAY MEETING, LEEDS. 'Women as Community Activists' To bring together women from Canada and the UK who have an interest in community action. Sponsored by the Canadian High Commission, in collaboration with the Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies, Leeds. Tel: 0113 233 3370/ fax: 0113 233 3771/ EMAIL.
8 Fri SEMINAR, LONDON , 1.00 - 2.30pm
'Women, Sexuality & the Holy Water of Ethiopia', Rachel Chambers, SOAS. SOAS Gender & Religions Research Centre, Seminar Series. AT Rm 336. EMAIL Sian Hawthorne. |
11 Mon PUBLIC LECTURE, BRISTOL , 5.15 - 7pm
'The Spiritual Experience of Women in Higher Education: An Empirical Study' , Shirley Egley. Bristol Centre for Comparative Studies in Religion & Gender. AT Rm G5, Theology & Religious Studies, 3 Woodland Rd, Bristol. EMAIL Carol Croker Tel: (0117) 928 7760 /Fax: (0117) 929 7850 |
11 Mon SEMINAR, LEEDS 5.30 to 7.00 pm. 'Counterfeit Masculinities: The Brandon Teena File' Judith Halberstam - University of California, San Diego. Presented by American Studies, Leeds. AT: Seminar Room 1, Basement, House 10, School of English, University of Leeds.
12 Tues PUBLIC LECTURE, LEEDS 5.30 to 7.00 pm. 'Queer Subcultures' Judith Halberstam - University of California, San Diego. AT: Players Bar (Upstairs Lounge) 75-6 Kirkgate, LS2 Followed by an End of Term Party. Tel: 0113 233 3370/ fax: 0113 233 3771/ EMAIL.
13 Weds LECTURE, LONDON, 5pm. "Back to the Boys: Temptations of the Good Gender Theorist" Lynne Segal Anniversary Professor of Psychology and Gender Studies, School of English and Humanities, Birkbeck College, London. AT Clore Management Centre, Torrington Square London WC1 MAP Booking essential EMAIL Jenny Johnston. 020 7631 6563
14 Thurs LECTURE, LONDON 5pm
'The Angel on the Verandah: Ideals of Indian Womanhood and Christian Education in Tamilnadu, 1843 -98' Eleanor Jackson, U. of Derby. AT Menzies Rm, Inst. of Commonwealth Studies, 28 Russell Squ. London WCC1. EMAIL Dr. Deborah Gaitskell. Tel: 020 8444 9024 |
15 Fri SEMINAR, LONDON , 1.00 - 2.30pm
'Gendering of Islamic Identity: Rethinking the headscarf debate in Turkey', Dr. Nancy Lindisfarne, SOAS. SOAS Gender & Religions Research Centre, Seminar Series. AT Rm 336. EMAIL Sian Hawthorne. |
10 Weds LONDON 4.30pm 'Work Lifestyle Choices in the 21st Century: Men & Women Compared' Dr. Catherine Hakim , LSE, Sociology. AT Gender Institute, London School of Economics, Houghton St. Rm G211. EMAIL Hazel Johnstone Tel: 020 7 955 7602.
17 Weds PUBLIC LECTURE, LONDON, 7.00 for 7.30 -9.00pm.
'The Mystery of Word and Symbol ', Ruth Templeton - Artist and Storyteller 'My Story' as read via 12 dancing princesses, Jairus daughter, and the Mandala. £5/ £3 AT: St Mary's Church, Balham High Road, London SW12 (near Balham Tube and Rail). Dorothy Nicholson, tel. 020 8673 1188. Presented by 'Greenspirit, The Association for Creation Spirituality in the United Kingdom: Greenspirit Local groups |
Wednesday 17th January - The Mystery of Word and Symbol - Ruth Templeton - Artist and Storyteller
Ruth will explore how parables, myths, fairy stories and symbols are "my story". She will use the Story of the twelve dancing princesses (integrating the inner and the outer), the parable of Jairus and his daughter from the New Testament (Recovering the feminine and the child) and The "Mandala" a symbol for the "self" fourfoldedness, and more ...
17 Weds SEMINAR, LEEDS 4:30 - 6:00 pm. '
'Borderlands and Gendered Homes' Kathleen Lennon - University of Hull. AT: Centre Seminar Room (11.20) on Level 11 of the Economic and Social Studies Building. Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT. Tel: 0113 233 3770 / fax: 0113 233 4415 EMAIL. (Also see website for Work in Progress Workshops)
23 Tues - 13 March SERIES OF EIGHT SEMINARS, COLCHESTER 5pm
'Living Faiths: Sexuality' see individual listings below. £20 for the series, or £3 each. Send cheque/PO to 'The Centre for Theology & Society' University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, CO4 3SQ AT Rm 401 off Square 3. |
23 Tues SEMINAR, COLCHESTER 5pm
'Marriage & families in the Jewish Tradition' Rabbi Mendel Lew' Rabbi of Soutehen & westcliff Hebrew Congregation Synagogue. £3 see above. |
24 Weds LONDON 4.30pm 'Can A Woman Have a Body?' Susie Orbach (Visiting Professor, Gender Institute, LSE) AT Gender Institute, London School of Economics, Houghton St. Rm G211. EMAIL Hazel Johnstone Tel: 020 7 955 7602.
27 SunCELEBRATION, N. LANCS, CUMBRIA 2.30pm - 5.00pm.
'Celebration of Imbolc and Candlemass ', Greenspirit local group AT Morecambe. Tel: 01524 412351
'Greenspirit, The Association for Creation Spirituality in the United Kingdom: Greenspirit Local groups EMAIL Dorothea Lancaster |
27 Sun - 10 March ART EXHIBITION
'The Heart Garden: an interior journey to self knowledge' Caroline Mackenzie, Feminist Theologian. Paintings "... a Christian rythmn, it draws on Hindu and Buddhist images ... psychotherapy, especially Jungian, plays a vital part." AT: Brecknock Museum, Captain's Walk, Brecon, Powys, Wales LD3 7DW. M-F 10-5, Sat 10-1 2-5, Sun 12 -5. £1/50p. Kids free. |
30 Tues SEMINAR, COLCHESTER 5pm
'Human Sexuality: relationships in the Context of Church & Society' Revd Canon Paul Brett Rector of Shenfield, Essex.. £3 see listing 23 Jan. above. |
31 Weds SEMINAR, LEEDS 4:30 - 6:00 pm. 'The Liberating Voice of Literature: Women and Writing in the Middle East' Farinda Abu-Haidar - University of Oxford. AT: Centre Seminar Room (11.20) on Level 11 of the Economic and Social Studies Building. Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT. Tel: 0113 233 3770 / fax: 0113 233 4415 EMAIL. (Also see website for Work in Progress Workshops)
6 Tues SEMINAR, COLCHESTER 5pm
'Buddhism & Gender' Jnanamitra Emmett Suffolk Inter-Faith Tutor. £3 see listing 23 Jan. above. |
6 Tues CONFERENCE, CHELTENHAM 10.00-5.00 'Commending the Christian Faith in the Twenty First Century' with Elaine Storkey (author of Mary's Story, Mary's Song; The Search for Intimacy; God & Sexuality), Rev Paul Harris, Dr. Martin Goldsmith, Dr Nigel Cameron. AT: Francis Close Hall, Swindon Road, Cheltenham. EMAIL Patricia Downes, Tel 01242 532747. School of Theology and Religious Studies, Cheltenham & Gloucester College of Higher Education, PO Box 220, The Park, Cheltenham GL51 2QF.
7 Tues LONDON 4.30pm 'What Difference does `Difference' make? Towards an understanding of homelessness for young lesbian and gay people' Gill Dunne (Gender Institute, LSE) and Shirley Prendergast (Anglia University). AT: Gender Institute, London School of Economics, Houghton St. WC1 Rm G211. EMAIL Hazel Johnstone Tel: 020 7 955 7602.
13 Tues SEMINAR, COLCHESTER 5pm
'Men, Women & Equality in Sikhism' Bhupinder Singh Information Officer, Inter-Faith Network, UK. £3 see listing 23 Jan. above. |
14 Weds SEMINAR, LEEDS 4:30 - 6:00 pm. 'Foucault, Modernity and the Question of Gender' Christine Battersby - University of Warwick. AT: Centre Seminar Room (11.20) on Level 11 of the Economic and Social Studies Building. Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT. Tel: 0113 233 3770 / fax: 0113 233 4415 EMAIL. (Also see website for Work in Progress Workshops)
15 Weds PUBLIC LECTURE, LONDON 1.00 -2.00pm
'Women's Rights within the Asian Community in Britain', Yasmin Alibhai Brown Columinst, 'The Independent'. AT Great Hall of King's College London, Strand |
20 Tues SEMINAR, COLCHESTER 5pm
'Sexuality in Judaism' June Bell Suffolk Inter-Faith Tutor. £3 see listing 23 Jan. above. |
28 Weds SEMINAR, LEEDS 4:30 - 6:00 pm. 'Re-membering the War: The Science and Fiction of Feminist Ethnography' Jayne Ifekwunigwe - University of East London. AT: Centre Seminar Room (11.20) on Level 11 of the Economic and Social Studies Building. Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT. Tel: 0113 233 3770 / fax: 0113 233 4415 EMAIL. (Also see website for Work in Progress Workshops)
6 Tues CONFERENCE, BRISTOL
Joint Postgraduate Conference. Participants from various universities. EMAIL Dr. Carolyn Muessig
6 Tues SEMINAR, COLCHESTER 5pm
'Adam & Eve: An Islamic Perspective' Elahe Mojdehi Suffolk Inter-Faith Tutor. £3 see listing 23 Jan. above. |
7 Weds LONDON 4.30pm. 'Scandalous Acts: The Politics of Shame among Brazilian Travesti Prostitutes' Don Kulick (University of Stockholm and Visiting Professor of Anthropology, Manchester). AT Gender Institute, London School of Economics, Houghton St. Rm G211. EMAIL Hazel Johnstone Tel: 020 7 955 7602.
8 Thurs International Womens Day
8 Thurs
LONDON Time? 'Does Oedipus Have A Sister?' Professor Juliet Mitchell, LSE (London School of Economics) LSE Public Lecture jointly sponsored by the Gender Institute and the Department of Social Psychology. EMAIL Hazel Johnstone Tel: 020 7 955 7602.
13 Tues SEMINAR, COLCHESTER 5pm
'Pagan Passions: Eroticism in the Ancient World' Robin Herne Suffolk Inter-Faith Tutor. £3 see listing 23 Jan. above. |
14 Weds SEMINAR, LEEDS 4:30 - 6:00 pm. 'Tickling Babies: Gender, Authority and Baby Science in the Late 19th Century' Sally Shuttleworth - University of Sheffield. AT: Centre Seminar Room (11.20) on Level 11 of the Economic and Social Studies Building. Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT. Tel: 0113 233 3770 / fax: 0113 233 4415 EMAIL. (Also see website for Work in Progress Workshops)
15 Thurs - March 29 ONLINE OVULAR 6 WEEK SERIES
'Religion & Gender: Walking between the Worlds' Ovular, in association with University College Chichester. Presenters Prof. Ursula King (Bristol), Dr. Susan Starr Sered (Israel), Carol Christ (Greece/ USA), Ruth Mantin (Chichester), Shan Jayran (Ovular). Live online debate each week, 24 hrs Discussion Boards, peer tutorials. Fee £35. Advance registration essential. EMAIL OVULAR Tel: 0208 673 6370 |
19 -23 Mon - Fri FIVE LECTURES, LONDON time TBA
'Reconstructing South Asian Religion of the 3rd and 2nd Millennium BCE' Prof. Asko Parpola, University of Helsinki. eg 21st 'The Indus script: Fertility cults & Sacred Trees' and 23rd 'The roots of 'left hand' Tantrism' A series of 5 lectures, one each day. AT SOAS. EMAIL Dr. Julia Leslie. |
21 Weds , LONDON 4.30pm. 'Mary Wollstonecraft and the Feminism of the 1790s' Barbara Taylor (Royal Holloway and Bedford College, and University of East London) AT Gender Institute, London School of Economics, Houghton St. WC1 AT Rm G211 EMAIL Hazel Johnstone Tel: 020 7 955 7602.
18 Weds SEMINAR, LEEDS 4:30 - 6:00 pm. 'Sexual Difference: The Big Lie'
Myra Hird - Queens, Belfast. AT: Centre Seminar Room (11.20) on Level 11 of the Economic and Social Studies Building. Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT. Tel: 0113 233 3770 / fax: 0113 233 4415 EMAIL. (Also see website for Work in Progress Workshops)
4 - 7 Weds -Mon RESIDENTIAL, BIRMINGHAM
'New Explorations in Feminist Theology' Grace Jantzen (Manchester) & Melissa Raphael (Cheltenham) Open to women and men. £165 incl. fees and full board. AT: Woodbrokke Quaker Study Centre, 1046 Bristol Rd, Selly Oak, Birmingham B29 6LJ Tel. enquiries 0121 472 5171 EMAIL Pam Lunn. |
4 Weds - 6 Sun MEN'S CONFERENCE, GLASTONBURY
'Rediscovering the Green Man, Healing The Masculine Soul' Partners, children, invited guests welcomed Sat evening feasting and Sunday celebration. Isle of Avalon Foundation, 2-4 High St, Glastonbury, Somerset, BA6 9DU Tel: 01458 833933 Fax 01458 831324. EMAIL Green Man Conference Tel: 0208 673 6370 |
9 Weds SEMINAR, LEEDS 4:30 - 6:00 pm. 'Rethinking '50s Cinema: Kay Kendall, Feminism and the "New Look" ' Christine Geraghty - Goldsmiths College. AT: Centre Seminar Room (11.20) on Level 11 of the Economic and Social Studies Building. Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT. Tel: 0113 233 3770 / fax: 0113 233 4415 EMAIL. (Also see website for Work in Progress Workshops)
19 Sat WORKSHOP, ESSEX. 'Looking at the world as the body of God. A unique approach to ecology. Sr. Liamie Cummins. Contact Sr. Mercy Buckley, 50, Ditton Court Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex. SSO 7HF. Tel. 01702-304931. Fresh Horizons Centre, local group of Greenspirit, The Association for Creation Spirituality in the United Kingdom: Greenspirit Local groups EMAIL Dorothea Lancaster
26 Sat - June 9 Fri RESIDENTIAL/ TOUR, CRETE
'Goddess Pilgrimage to Crete'Carol P Christ PhD & Jana Ruble Institute of Ariadne. AT: Lesvos, Greece. Full program of thealogical, ritual and celebratory activities. Can be accredited. Bookings limited to 17 places. Inclusive fee $2275 Deposit $350. Ariadne Institute, 4135 SE 63rd Ave., Portland, USA, OR 97206, Tel: (503)-788-3132. EMAIL: Ariadne Institute |
24 Mon - July 8 WOMEN'S RESIDENTIAL, GREECE
'Sacred Journey in Greece' Carol Christ PhD, Kathryn Richer Harris, Jeanine Sande
Institute of Ariadne. AT: Lesvos, Greece. Full program of thealogical, ritual and celebratory activities. Can be accredited. Bookings limited to 17 places. Inclusive fee $2150 Deposit $300. Ariadne Institute, 4135 SE 63rd Ave., Portland, USA, OR 97206, Tel: (503)-788-3132. EMAIL: Kathryn Richer Harris |
26 -29 Weds - Sat CONFERENCE, ST MARK & ST JOHN, PLYMOUTH
'Christian Marriage, Divorce and the Churches' see The International Marriage Conference. AT College of St Mark & St John, Derriford Rd, Plymouth PL6 8BH. Tel: 01752 636892 EMAIL Enquiries. |
18 -21 CONFERENCE, CHESTER
'The Church and Mary' Eccesiastical History Society. EMAIL Dr. Robert Swanson Dept of Medieval History, U. of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT |
24 Mon - 28 Fri SUMMER SCHOOL
'BISFIT Summer School 2000 AT: Liverpool Hope University College, Liverpool. Info: 72 Norbury Crescent, London SW16 4LA, UK |
26 Weds - 30 Sun CONFERENCE/ FESTIVAL, GLASTONBURY
'The Goddess Conference: The Maiden' Isle of Avalon Foundation, 2-4 High St, Glastonbury, Someset, BA6 9DU Tel: 01458 833933 Fax 01458 831324 |
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29 - Oct 13
'Goddess Pilgrimage to Crete'Carol P Christ PhD & Jana Ruble Institute of Ariadne. AT: Lesvos, Greece. Full program of thealogical, ritual and celebratory activities. Can be accredited via the Integral Institute, Ca. Bookings limited to 15 places. Inclusive fee $2275 Deposit $350. Ariadne Institute, 4135 SE 63rd Ave., Portland, USA, OR 97206, Tel: (503)-788-3132. EMAIL: Ariadne Institute |
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ADVANCE NOTICES/ CALL FOR PAPERS ETC
DEADLINE 30 JAN 2000: ANTHOLOGY "Ecofeminism & Globalisation" One theme invited is Ecofeminism and Religion. Eds: Lois Ann Lorentzen, and Heather Eaton
JAN - DEC 2001: 20 FULL TIME PLACES ARE AVAILABLE FOR WOMEN ONLY - FULL REMISSION OF FEES PLUS A BURSARY OF £2,250 FOR THE MA GENDER, CULTURE AND DEVELOPMENT One-year full-time, University of Sunderland Details EMAIL: Tony Gonzalez
MAY 2002 "Re-imagining Communities", MAJOR INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE co-organised by Sara Ahmed and Anne-Marie Fortier. Institute for Women's Studies, Lancaster.
SEPTEMBER 2002 Call for papers & expressions of interest. 'Archaeology & Religion' Ashburne Hall, U of Manchester.
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